[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000) › 5.50 # 虛堂和尚語錄 5.50 虛堂和尚語錄 5.50 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.50) 裁書擬欲扣天閽，往往無人可共論，因得老生輕指撥， 臨風不覺暗消魂。 > Drafting a letter, he intended to knock at the celestial gate, / But often there was no one with whom he could discuss it. / Having received the old man's light flick of the finger, / Facing the wind, he felt his soul quietly melt away. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.49) - [Next: 5.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.51) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.5.50) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.5.50) · Pramāṇa